1990–91 La Liga

La Liga
Season1990 (1990)–91
Dates1 September 1990 – 9 June 1991
ChampionsBarcelona
11th title
RelegatedCastellón
Real Betis
European CupBarcelona
Cup Winners' CupAtlético Madrid
UEFA CupReal Madrid
Osasuna
Sporting Gijón
Oviedo
Matches played380
Goals scored822 (2.16 per match)
Top goalscorerEmilio Butragueño
(19 goals)

The 1990–91 La Liga season was the 60th since its establishment. It began on 1 September 1990, and concluded on 9 June 1991. Barcelona ended Real Madrid's five-year run as champions to seal the title.

Team information

Clubs and locations

Team Home city Stadium
Athletic Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés
Atlético Madrid Madrid Vicente Calderón
Barcelona Barcelona Nou Camp
Cádiz Cádiz Ramón de Carranza
Castellón Castellón de la Plana Castalia
Español Barcelona Sarrià
Logroñés Logroño Las Gaunas
Mallorca Palma Lluís Sitjar
Osasuna Pamplona El Sadar
Oviedo Oviedo Carlos Tartiere
Real Betis Seville Benito Villamarín
Real Burgos Burgos El Plantío
Real Madrid Madrid Santiago Bernabéu
Real Sociedad San Sebastián Atocha
Sevilla Seville Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Sporting Gijón Gijón El Molinón
Tenerife Santa Cruz de Tenerife Heliodoro Rodríguez López
Valencia Valencia Luis Casanova
Valladolid Valladolid José Zorrilla
Zaragoza Zaragoza La Romareda

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Barcelona (C) 38 25 7 6 74 33 +41 57 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Atlético Madrid 38 17 13 8 52 28 +24 47 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
3 Real Madrid 38 20 6 12 63 37 +26 46 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Osasuna 38 15 15 8 43 34 +9 45
5 Sporting Gijón 38 16 12 10 50 37 +13 44
6 Oviedo 38 13 16 9 36 35 +1 42
7 Valencia 38 15 10 13 44 40 +4 40
8 Sevilla 38 15 8 15 45 47 −2 38
9 Valladolid 38 12 13 13 38 40 −2 37
10 Logroñés 38 13 11 14 28 35 −7 37
11 Real Burgos 38 10 17 11 32 27 +5 37
12 Athletic Bilbao 38 15 6 17 41 50 −9 36
13 Real Sociedad 38 11 14 13 39 45 −6 36
14 Tenerife 38 14 7 17 37 53 −16 35
15 Mallorca 38 9 16 13 32 40 −8 34
16 Español 38 12 10 16 39 47 −8 34
17 Zaragoza (O) 38 11 11 16 36 40 −4 33 Qualification for the relegation playoffs
18 Cádiz (O) 38 7 15 16 29 41 −12 29
19 Castellón (R) 38 8 12 18 27 48 −21 28 Relegation to the Segunda División
20 Real Betis (R) 38 6 13 19 37 65 −28 25
Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Atlético Madrid qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as champions of the Copa del Rey.

Promotion playoff

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Murcia 2–5 Zaragoza 0–0 2–5
Málaga 1–1 (4–5 p) Cádiz 1–0 0–1

First leg

12 June 1991 Murcia 0–0 Zaragoza Murcia
21:30 Report (in Spanish) Stadium: La Condomina
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega Asturias
12 June 1991 Málaga 1–0 Cádiz Málaga
21:30 Esteban 61' Report (in Spanish) Stadium: La Rosaleda
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Joaquín Ramos Marcos Castile and León

Second leg

19 June 1991 Zaragoza 5–2
(5–2 agg.)
Murcia Zaragoza
21:30 Poyet 8', 31'
Pardeza 41', 86'
Higuera 78'
Report (in Spanish) Eraña 40'
Juanito 84'
Stadium: La Romareda
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Antonio Martín Navarrete Andalusia

Results

Home \ Away ATH ATM FCB BET CÁD CAS ESP LOG MLL OSA RBU RMA ROV RSO SFC RSG TEN VCF VLD ZAR
Athletic Bilbao 2–1 0–6 4–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 0–2 0–1 2–0
Atlético Madrid 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 4–0 3–0 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–3 0–0 4–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 4–0
Barcelona 4–1 1–1 4–2 2–0 6–0 5–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–3 3–0 3–2 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–1
Betis 1–0 0–0 2–3 3–0 1–0 1–2 3–2 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–3 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1
Cádiz 2–3 0–1 4–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–1
Castellón 2–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 5–1 0–2 4–2 0–0
Espanyol 1–2 3–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 5–0 1–0 4–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0
Logroñés 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1
Mallorca 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 3–2
Osasuna 1–0 0–3 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–3 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–2 2–1 1–0
Real Burgos 2–1 1–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 4–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–1
Real Madrid 4–1 0–3 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 0–4 0–1 1–1 2–3 7–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 1–0 2–0
Oviedo 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–1
Real Sociedad 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–0
Sevilla 3–0 1–1 0–1 3–2 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–2
Sporting Gijón 3–1 1–2 1–0 4–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 4–0 1–0
Tenerife 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 0–4 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–2
Valencia 2–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 4–2 2–0 2–0
Valladolid 1–0 0–0 1–5 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 5–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–2 2–1 0–0 6–2 3–1 0–0
Zaragoza 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–1 1–1 2–0 4–0 0–1 2–1 2–2
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: LFP (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Spain Emilio Butragueño Real Madrid 19
2 Republic of Ireland John Aldridge Real Sociedad 17
3 Czechoslovakia Milan Luhový Sporting Gijón 16
Spain Manolo Atlético Madrid
5 Spain Luis Enrique Sporting Gijón 14
Spain Gregorio Fonseca Valladolid
Spain Pepe Mel Real Betis
Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov Barcelona
Poland Jan Urban Osasuna
Spain Ernesto Valverde Athletic Bilbao